【TEPPEI KOJIMA/小島 鉄平】

千葉県柏市松葉町にて幼少期を過ごし柏市立松葉中学校を卒業。音楽、ファッション、タトゥーなどストリートカルチャーの虜となった学生時代を経て、バイヤーとしてアパレル業界にて活躍。
海外へ買付けに行く内に、日本文化の素晴らしさに改めて気づき、『盆栽』の歴史の深さや美しさに魅了される。『日本の伝統文化である盆栽を世界へ伝えたい』と一念発起し、2015年TRADMAN’S BONSAIを結成。

2016年には株式会社松葉屋を設立。
唯一無二の世界観で『盆栽』のある空間を演出し「shu uemura」「NIKE」「Dior」「RIMOWA」など様々なブランドやアーティストと共演。
『伝統とは革新の連続』を胸に、日本の格好良さを盆栽を通して、老若男女、そして世界へと発信している。

Teppei Kojima spent his childhood in Matsuba-cho, Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, and graduated from Matsuba Junior High School in the same town.

After being attracted to street culture such as music, fashion, and tattooing as college student, he entered the fashion industry as a buyer.
While buying overseas, he became fascinated once again by the beauty and depth of history of ” Bonsai” and Japanese culture and decided that he wanted to share the traditional Japanese culture of bonsai with the world. In 2015, he established TRADMAN’S BONSAI, founded Matsubaya Co. in following year.

Kojima creates spaces with “bonsai” with his one-of-a-kind perspective of the world by collaborating with various brands and artists such as “shu uemura”, “NIKE”, “Dior”, “RIMOWA”, and others.

With “Tradition is a continuous innovation” in mind, he is transmitting Japanese coolness to the world through bonsai.